Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Easy yole lug (Bûche de noël facile)

But I did not know it would have been so hard to bake and post almost in the same time !

I'm learning.

Finally, Xmas is over. Don't get me wrong, I just love this period. But I always have the feeling to eat without stopping, for days !

Years ago, my parents lived in Clermont-Ferrand (center of France) and it was difficult for all the family (because we had to spend time with our family-in-law too) to be all together exactly for Christmas day.

So we took the habit to celebrate Xmas when we were together. That's all.

This year, my second sister had to spend some time with her husband's family who don't live in the same town and my youngest sister, being a policewoman, couldn't have holidays for Christmas's day.

So we celebrated Christmas on december 23th.

That's the reason why we began the festivities early !

My stomach just want to eat zucchini, now ! No more foie gras, or turkey or anything else with too much fat contents !

But I have to end with my Yole Lug. Maybe not the best in the world. But we like it, so ... :

Here what you'll need :

For the cake :

4 eggs

120 grammes of sugar

140 grammes of flour

1 pinch of salt

For the fixings and topping :

250 grammes of dark chocolate

75 grammes of unsalted butter.

Your oven must be preheated at 180°C (350°F / Th6).

Step 1 :

Separated yolk from white and whisk the yolk with sugar until it become yellow clear.

Step 2 :

Add a tablespoon of vanilla extract. Yes I know, I forget to say it before ... Chicken brain, I told you !

Step 3 :

Whip up the eggs white with a little pinch of salt.

Step 4 :

Mix the flour and add gently the white to the mixture. Remember, to ease this step, pour one first large spoon of white and whisk it with energy.

When it's done, your mixture will be easier to work.

After this, you can stir gently the rest of the white.

Step 5 :

Spread the mixture on a hotplate covered by a greaseproof paper, giving it a regular rectangle form.

4 comments:

Axelle-Ok. This one we can do. My daughter has been wanting to roll a cake for a long time now and my good friend, Axelle, has shown me how to do one. We tried one. Once. Crumbs anyone? How about a trifle? Now, we can roll our cake with confidence because you have shown us the way. Success! New Year's Eve party here I come! Regards-Jamie

Thank you, Jamie ! But now, I'm under pressure !! :DI hope it won't fail !! Please, tell me if your daughter liked to bake it, if it was as she wanted ...etc ... and if it was as easy as she was expecting for.

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Hello !
My name is Axelle, I'm french.
I’m 40 years old.
I live in the south of France.
I met my husband, Vincent, when I was 20 years old.
I’m the lucky mother of two monsters that I love more than myself, known with love, as Le Gnome (13 years old) and La Gnomette (10 years old).
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